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Shadmehr, Mehdi and Bernhardt, Dan (2019) Vanguards in revolution. Games and Economic Behavior, 115 . pp. 146-166. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2019.01.007 ISSN 0899-8256.

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Abstract

Revolutionary vanguards, their radicalism and coercive actions, and their interactions with ordinary citizens and the state are common threads in narratives of revolutionary movements. But what are the defining features of revolutionary vanguards? The literature is replete with terms that allude to some notion of a revolutionary vanguard (e.g., revolutionary entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs of violence, early-risers), but the essence of these conceptions and their implications for revolutionary process remain obscure. We identify and differentiate the two main notions of vanguards, the Leninist and “early-riser” notions, and develop a formal framework that captures their distinguishing features, deriving their implications for the likelihood of revolution. We then use this framework to study three related and overlooked topics: (a) state strategies in mitigating the vanguard's influence on citizens; (b) citizens' preferences for the degree of vanguard radicalism; and (c) the vanguards' use of coercion against citizens.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
J Political Science > JC Political theory
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Revolutions -- Mathematical models, Communism
Journal or Publication Title: Games and Economic Behavior
Publisher: Elsevier
ISSN: 0899-8256
Official Date: May 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
May 2019Published
30 January 2019Available
24 January 2019Accepted
Volume: 115
Page Range: pp. 146-166
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2019.01.007
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 28 January 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 30 July 2020
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